Frequent Reports Guide
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Frequent Reports Guide
RatingsDirect®
As the official source for S&P Global Ratings’ content, RatingsDirect offers valuable insights and a clear view of the fixed income markets at the industry, company, and issue levels, as well as extensive credit ratings and research that cover corporates, financial institutions, insurance, structured finance, governments, U.S. public finance, and project and infrastructure finance across the globe.
This compendium provides a comprehensive list of articles available on RatingsDirect, all of which are published on a recurrent basis (annual, semiannual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, or ongoing). The publication frequency and content type of certain articles may change over time or may be discontinued, as appropriate.
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Corporates & Infrastructure
Corporates & Infrastructure
S&P Global Ratings rates over 4,600 corporates globally, providing timely insight into cross-industry credit trends.
Chemical Companies--Strongest To Weakest
Annually
Ranking of global chemical companies rated by S&P Global Ratings. The ranking includes the rating, outlook, stand-alone credit profile (SACP), business and financial risk profile, and liquidity assessment. Investment-grade companies are ranked by business risk profile, then financial risk profile. Speculative-grade companies are ordered by financial risk profile, then business risk profile. Companies are then listed in alphabetical order, if not distinguished by these factors.
Corporate Credit Outlook
Annually and semiannually, typically in early December and July
Global, regional, and countries outlooks for corporate credit quality touching on previous annual performance, and trends, risks, and opportunities in the year ahead.
Corporate Rating Component Scores
Ongoing
Global and regional reports provide an overview of the rating component scores for all public issuer credit ratings by sector and region. The scores reflect the building blocks of the S&P Global Ratings’ corporate methodology. In addition, charts and tables show the distribution of aggregated scores within regions and average scores by industry. This report covers EMEA, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
European Leveraged Finance
Quarterly
Issuance activity as well as rating and recovery performance of European speculative-grade companies, trends, and statistical data for rated first-lien debt recovery data.
Global Auto Sales Forecasts
Ongoing
Key takeaways and forecasts on the sector.
Global Corporate Capex Survey
Annually
The survey assesses the outlook for global corporate capital expenditure, combining the insights of S&P Global Ratings’ analysts and S&P Global Market Intelligence’s global data set. It highlights the key themes determining the capex outlook by region and industry.
Industry Top Trends
Annual and semiannually, typically in early December and July
Analysts set out the key assumptions that underpin credit ratings in the industries covered and highlight key risks or opportunities at the sector level. This analysis is drawn on the assessment of rated corporate and infrastructure entities.
Issuer Ranking: North American Electric, Gas, And Water Regulated Utilities, Strongest To Weakest
It provides a rank of the North American regulated utility companies that S&P Global Ratings rates from strongest to weakest based on rating and outlook. In addition, the stand-alone credit profile, business risk profile, and financial risk profile of each company are also provided.
Issuer Ranking: North American Midstream Companies
It provides a rank of the North American midstream companies that S&P Global Ratings rates from strongest to weakest. Companies are ranked by the rating, outlook, stand-alone credit profile (SACP), business and financial risk profiles, and liquidity assessments.
Price Assumptions
Ongoing
S&P Global Ratings provides ongoing price assumptions for metals such as copper, iron ore, aluminum, zinc, nickel, and gold; natural gas, Henry Hub natural gas, Canadian AECO natural gas; and West Texas Intermediate oil, Brent Crude, and Western Canadian Select oil.
The Energy Transition
Ongoing
S&P Global Ratings provides its credit insights for the energy sector by looking at different energy subsectors, events, topics, countries, and regions through various publications.
Tech Disruption In Retail Banking
Ongoing
Series of commentaries on retail banking sectors across countries illustrating how technology forms part of S&P Global Ratings’ analysis of banks.
U.S. Leveraged Finance
Quarterly
Issuance activity as well as rating and recovery performance of U.S. speculative-grade companies, trends, and statistical data for rated first-lien debt recovery data.
Financial Institutions
Monetary policy, tech disruption, and evolving regulations are forcing financial institutions to take a hard look at their business models. You will find insights into how these trends are affecting the credit profile of banks, asset managers, clearing houses, and other non-bank financial institutions.
Asset Managers
Ongoing
Various publications including annual outlook and updates, providing insights into the performance and expectations for traditional and alternative management industries.
Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA)
Annually
A BICRA analysis for a country covers rated and unrated financial institutions that take deposits, extend credit, or engage in both activities in a particular country. The analysis incorporates the entire financial system of a country by considering the relationship of the banking industry to the financial system as a whole. The BICRA also includes the impact of nonbank participants.
Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment Update
Monthly
Updates to S&P Global Ratings’ views on the banking systems under review, according to the BICRA methodology
Banking Outlook
Annual and semiannually
Global, regional, and countries outlooks touching on previous annual performance, and trends, risks, and opportunities in the year ahead, including comparative statistical data
Banking Risk Indicators
Ongoing
Historical data and forecasts on selected indicators, particularly relevant in the assessments of the relative strengths and weaknesses of banking systems globally.
Comparative Statistics Banks
Ongoing
Currently covering European, U.S., and U.K. banks, the reports contain tables highlighting some of the key items and ratios we consider in our assessments of a bank’s credit profile to determine its issuer credit rating (ICR). A glossary is also provided to explain the concepts and calculations of the reported metrics and ratios.
Financial Institutions Monitor
Quarterly or semiannually
Now covering EMEA, APAC, Latin America, and North America, the regional publications highlight S&P Global Ratings’ key views for the banking sector; including key risks, BICRA (banking industry risk assessment) changes, recent rating actions, and RCR (resolution counterparty ratings) where applicable.
GCC Banks
Ongoing
These reports offer insights into GCC banks and the banking sector by looking at performance, trends, and outlooks.
Future Of Banking
Ongoing
Series of commentaries that analyze the future of banking by looking at different topics and countries/regions.
Industry Report Card: Japan
Ongoing
Available for regional banks, major banks, and brokerages. These reports provide trends and insights for Japan’s regional banks, major banking groups, and major securities groups.
Industry Report Card: U.S.
Ongoing
Reports available for large and regional banks in the U.S. These reports provide key trends and outlook for global systemically important banks (GSIBs), touching on base-case scenario expectations, provisions, capital markets revenues, credit quality metrics and capital ratios, among other factors.
Ratings Component Scores For The Top 200 Banks Globally
Semiannually
Issuer credit ratings (ICRs) and component scores for top 200 selected rated banks.
Rating Component Scores For U.S., Canadian, And Bermudian Banks
Quarterly
Issuer credit ratings (ICRs) and component scores for banks in the U.S., Canada, and Bermuda.
Top 100 Banks
Annually
A review of capital of the world’s top 100 rated banks, including a table with S&P Global Ratings’ risk-adjusted capital (RAC) ratios of the previous year as well as forecasted RAC ratios for two years ahead.
Sukuk Market
Semiannually
Reviews and updates of the Sukuk market, analyzing past and current performance as well as providing outlooks and trends.
Tech Disruption In Retail Banking
Ongoing
Series of commentaries on retail banking sectors across countries illustrating how technology forms part of S&P Global Ratings’ analysis of banks.
Insurance
The insurance sector continues to demonstrate resilience and in some areas, signs of strength. Our research provides insights on the challenges and opportunities the sector faces - such as disruption from new technologies, cyber security, and low interest rate levels.
EMEA Insurance Monitor
Ongoing
Rating scores and changes relevant for key EMEA insurers, and a summary of S&P Global Ratings’ insurance research in the same period.
EMEA Insurers Ratings List
Ongoing
S&P Global Ratings provides its long-term financial strength ratings (FSRs) and ratings scores for all the insurance companies where the main operations are within EMEA. The FSRs and component scores are based on the main operating company within the group or the consolidated group, rather than the holding company.
Global Reinsurance
Ongoing
Updates on the reinsurance market, looking at performance, outlook, and trends at a global level.
Industry Report Card: Japan’s Insurers
Annually
These reports provide trends and insights for Japan’s insurance sector.
Insurance Industry and Country Risk Assessment (IICRA)
Ongoing
Insurance Industry and Country Risk Assessment (IICRA) reports provide a comparative and global view of insurance risk across sectors, regions, and countries. In addition, IICRAs assessments are also published for selected countries’ insurance sectors.
Insurance Outlook
Ongoing
Global, regional, and countries outlooks, touching on previous annual performance, and trends, risks, and opportunities for the year ahead, including comparative statistical data.
International Public Finance
International Public Finance
Our research provides insights about public sector entities around the world, their challenges, and our views on where they stand in the face of current and future market developments.
Calendar of EMEA Sovereign, Regional, And Local Government Rating Publication Dates
Semiannually
Publication of dates for sovereign, regional, and local government ratings and related outlooks, as required by European Union Credit Rating Agency Regulation.
Comparative Statistics Local And Regional Governments
Ongoing
Currently covering Asia-Pacific, Canadian, European, and Latin American local and regional governments (LRG). The reports provide insights into LRG’s characteristics by rating category and contain tables highlighting some of the risk indicators, as well as financial and economic statistics we consider in our assessments of a bank’s credit profile to determine its issuer credit rating (ICR). A glossary is also provided to explain the concepts and calculations of the reported metrics and ratios.
Global Not-For-Profit Higher Education Outlook
Annually
An overview of the risks and opportunities considered for the year ahead. It covers U.S. and non-U.S. outlooks from top institutions in countries like Australia, Canada, and the U.K.
Global Ratings List: Local And Regional Governments
Annually
List containing all rated local and regional government entities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America.
Institutional Framework Assessments For International Local And Regional Governments
Ongoing
S&P Global Ratings periodically reviews its institutional framework assessments (IFAs) for local and regional governments (LRGs) worldwide.
Local Government Debt
Ongoing
Analyses of borrowing trends and outlooks by local and regional governments (LRGs) across regions.
U.K. Social Housing Providers
Annually
Analysis of borrowing performance and expectations for U.K. social housing providers, highlighting the top 20 social debtholders by amount, among other data.
Sovereigns
Our research provides insights about governments and public sector entities around the world, their challenges, and our views on where they stand in the face of current and future market developments.
Calendar of EMEA Sovereign, Regional, And Local Government Rating Publication Dates
Semiannually
Publication of dates for sovereign, regional, and local government ratings, and related outlooks, as required by European Union Credit Rating Agency Regulation.
Country Risk Assessments Update
Ongoing
An update of the country risk assessments by group and country, as well as regional risk assessments and latest country risk actions. S&P Global Ratings defines “country risk” as the broad range of economic, institutional, financial market, and legal risks that arise from doing business with, or in, a specific country and can affect a nonsovereign entity’s credit quality.
China GRE Rating List
Annually
A comprehensive list of government-related entities (GREs) in China, including ratings and outlook, stand-alone credit profile (SACP), related government, role, link, likelihood of support, and industry.
Jurisdiction Ranking Assessment Update
Ongoing
Ranking assessments reflect S&P Global Ratings’ opinion as to how effectively, in practice, the country’s insolvency laws protect creditor interests (creditor friendliness) and about payment culture/rule of law risk based on the methodology for assessing country risk.
Public Finance System Overview
Ongoing
Deep dive into specific public finance systems, offering insight into relevant strengths and weaknesses, recent developments, and trends. It includes main factors such as predictability, revenue and expenditure balance, and transparency and accountability.
Sovereign Debt
Annually
Survey of sovereign debt, borrowing trends, and outlook, compiling data for all rated sovereigns for the global publication, and for specific regions: Asia-Pacific, EMEA Emerging and Developed Markets, and Latin American and Caribbean.
Sovereign Ratings History
Monthly
An overview of rated sovereigns, including current and historical transfer & convertibility assessments, rating actions, and trends.
Sovereign Ratings List
Monthly
A compilation of all rated sovereign governments and their assigned country transfer and convertibility (T&C) assessments. A T&C assessment is associated with the likelihood of the sovereign restricting nonsovereign-access to foreign exchange needed for debt service.
Sovereign Rating Score Snapshot
Monthly
A listing of all rated sovereigns and the scores of the key rating factors of the ratings.
Sovereign Rating Trends
Ongoing
Global and regional reports that include ratings and outlook trends as well as sovereign-specific summaries.
Sovereign Risk Indicators
Ongoing
Reports that contain historical, estimated, and forecasted comparative statistics for rated sovereigns. They include economic, government, and monetary data, balance of payments information, and external balance sheet data.
Supranationals Special Edition
Annually
Publication on multilateral lending institutions (MLIs) and other nonbank supranational institutions. It includes supranationals’ performance, summary analyses, and comparison of financial data.
Supranationals Special Edition: Comparative Data For Multilateral Lending Institution
Annually
Comparative data for a number of supranational institutions that have public ratings. The data includes S&P Global Ratings’ preferred creditor treatment (PCT) ratio, which measures how much an institution benefits from its PCT status, as well as additional ratios related to an institution’s governance structure and extraordinary shareholder support in the form of eligible callable capital.
Structured Finance
S&P Global Ratings’ global structured finance research provides the latest credit insights, including all asset-class presales, industry news, and sector trends.
Structured Finance Outlook
Annually
Global and various regional reports recapping on previous annual performance and discussing outlooks for the various structured finance sectors (by region and product).
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper
Inside Global ABCP
Semiannually
An update on the global asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market. It discusses market trends, the top 10 sponsors and asset types, among other things.
Asset-Backed Securities
Australian And New Zealand ABS Portfolio Arrears
Quarterly
A comprehensive analysis of ABS transaction performance in Australia and New Zealand and valuable insight into the performance of the programs' underlying assets and securities. The quarterly report provides comparative data on each program.
Canadian Credit Card Quality Index
Monthly
Performance indicators provided.
China Auto ABS And RMBS Tracker
Monthly
The report tracks the performance of the China auto ABS and RMBS rated by S&P Global Ratings.
China Securitization Watch
Quarterly
Review of China securitization transactions, including those issued under the credit asset securitization (CAS) scheme managed by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the securitization scheme managed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), and the asset-backed notes (ABN) scheme managed by China’s National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII).
European Auto ABS Index Report
Quarterly
Performance indicators provided.
European Credit Card ABS Index Report
Quarterly
Credit card ABS performance indicators provided.
U.K. Credit Card ABS Index Report
Quarterly
Credit card ABS performance indicators provided.
U.S. Auto Loan ABS Tracker
Monthly
Performance tracker of the U.S. auto loan ABS market.
U.S. Credit Card Quality Index
Monthly
Performance indicators provided.
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
European CMBS Monitor
Quarterly
CMBS data for the European region, including maturities, delinquencies, and specially serviced loans, as well as rating and note-level matters.
SF Credit Brief: CMBS
Monthly
Insights on the performance of overall delinquency rate (DQ) of the U.S. CMBS market, including charts of delinquencies rates by vintage and property type.
U.S. CMBS update
Quarterly
Performance review of U.S. single-asset single-borrower (SASB) and conduit commercial mortgage-backed securities.
Covered Bonds
Covered Bond Market Insights
Ongoing
Report on the local covered bond market (i.e.: Spanish, Dutch, German, French, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish). It explains how the relevant legal framework works, provides an overview on the local mortgage market, compares key characteristics of the existing programs, and includes the results of a scenario analysis.
Global Covered Bond Insights
Quarterly
Performance and developments in the European and global covered bond market, including new programs rated.
Spanish Multicedulas Covered Bonds Quarterly Reporting Data
Quarterly
Various reports analyzing portfolio data provided by the program’s administrator of the Spanish Multicedulas as part of S&P Global Ratings’ covered bond program surveillance. The data for all covered bond programs is presented in a standardized format.
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS)
Australian Prime Home Loan Arrears and RMBS Performance Watch
Ongoing
Arrears data for prime and nonconforming loans in addition to other RMBS loan subsets. The data provided covers the entire Australian RMBS portfolio of loans. In addition, the quarterly RMBS Performance Watch provides an update on housing and mortgage market themes and additional data sets, including prepayment rates and pool statistics for the entire Australian and New Zealand RMBS sector.
European RMBS Index Report
Quarterly
Separate publications for European, U.K., Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese RMBS markets; showing comparative analysis for key performance indicators.
European RMBS Outlook
Annually
A look back at issuance and credit trends observed in the U.K., Dutch, Spanish, Italian, French, and Irish RMBS markets in the previous year, and what these trends may mean for developments going forward for each jurisdiction.
List Of Third-Party Due Diligence Firms Reviewed For U.S. RMBS
Ongoing
Report provides updates to this list as S&P Ratings adds, confirms, or removes third-party due diligence firms.
Outlook Assumptions For Residential Mortgage
Ongoing
S&P Global Ratings’ outlook assumptions to help market participants better understand its current approach to reviewing different RMBS markets.
Performance Watch: Japan Housing Finance Agency And Government Housing Loan Corp. Residential Mortgage-Secured Pass-Through Notes
Annually
Surveillance reports on the structured notes issued by Japan Housing Finance Agency (JHF), highlighting performance trends in the underlying pools of loan receivables.
Performance Watch: Japan Private-Sector RMBS
Annually
The combined performance trend of pools of all the RMBS transactions that companies in Japan’s private sector originated, rated by S&P Global Ratings.
U.S. Residential Mortgage Operational Assessment Rankings
Ongoing
List of U.S. residential mortgage originators and aggregators, providing mortgage operational assessment (MOA) rankings and associated losses coverage adjustment (LCA) factors for these companies.
Servicer Evaluations
Servicer Evaluation Spotlight Report™
Ongoing
Updates on the servicer evaluation sector.
Structured Credit
CLO Pulse: Sector Averages Of Reinvesting European CLO Assets
Quarterly
Report examines the aggregated asset quality held by European CLOs, observed through key credit metrics.
U.S. BSL CLO Top Obligors And Industries Report
Quarterly
The report provides quarterly updates of S&P Global Ratings' lists of the top companies with loan issuances held by U.S. broadly syndicated collateralized loan obligations (BSL CLOs) and the industry categories these companies operate within, both ranked on a dollar-weighted basis. It includes analyses of the significance of the top 250 CLO obligors, obligor and industry diversification, and the top 50 CLO obligors. This report replaces "The Most Widely Referenced Corporate Obligors In Rated U.S. BSL CLOs" and "Sector Averages Of Reinvesting U.S. BSL CLO Assets" quarterly reports .
U.S. CLO And Leveraged Finance
Quarterly
Key themes and insights on leveraged finance for North American markets
U.S. CLO Defaults
Ongoing
Full list of U.S. CLO defaults and periodical updates as the tally of U.S. CLO ratings lowered to ‘D’ changes due to additional CLO tranches defaulting.
U.S. Corporate Rating Actions Tracker
Quarterly
The tracker includes a table listing of rating actions on issuers with loans held in U.S. broadly syndicated loan (BSL) CLOs that have taken place since the start of 2022. It will be update periodically as new corporate rating actions occur.
Weekly European CLO Update
Weekly
In response to investors' growing interest following the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing credit effects on companies and European CLOs, S&P Global Ratings is publishing a regularly updated list of rating and recovery rating actions we have taken globally on nonfinancial corporations that have had an effect on European CLOs, and a summary of how European CLOs have been affected with key benchmarks.
U.S. Public Finance
Today’s municipal market is increasingly complex and challenging. Whether you are an issuer, intermediary, or investor, our research provides in-depth market knowledge and forward-looking analyses.
‘AAA’ Rated U.S.
Ongoing
Separate reports listing out ‘AAA’ rated U.S. school districts, municipalities, and counties, and visual representation of geographical distribution.
U.S. Local Governments Credit Brief
Ongoing
Brief overviews of topical issues, such as pensions/other post-employment issues, or targeted updates on key sectors such as U.S. states and charter schools.
Global Not-For-Profit Higher Education Outlook
Annually
An overview of the risks and opportunities considered for the year ahead. It covers U.S. and non-U.S. outlooks from top institutions in countries like Australia, Canada, and the U.K.
Higher Education Median Ratios
Annually
The reports provide medians for key credit ratios for all public and private not-for-profit higher education institutions.
Medians And Credit Factors
Ongoing
Insights into credit fundamentals and potential challenges as well as medians and credit factors for publicly rated U.S. local governments; school districts, or state enhanced programs; and municipalities, counties, and cities.
Mid-year U.S. Public Finance Outlook
Annually
An update to our credit views on all sectors.
Not-For-Profit Health Care Median Ratios
Annually
The reports provide median financial ratios for health care institutions (systems, stand-alone, small stand-alone, children’s hospitals, non-investment-grade hospitals).
U.S. Public Finance: In Case You Missed Them
Ongoing
This report provides links to commentary articles, videos, and podcasts on U.S. public finance topics published in the past six months.
U.S. Public Finance Year In Review
Annually
Report recaps the events and trends in each of the eight sectors that S&P Global Ratings covers in its U.S. public finance practice, highlighting key research that has been published in the year.
Credit Trends Research
Our research is used by the world’s financial markets when they need data driven insights and analysis. Whether to help evaluate strategic portfolio positions, develop investment ideas, or identify potential gaps and opportunities, we provide top-down information on global credit trends, macroeconomic conditions, and sector-specific developments that impact global capital markets.
‘BBB’ Pulse
Ongoing
Credit trends and potential risks affecting 'BBB' rated companies. Additional tables with “fallen angels” and “rising stars” information are provided.
COVID-19 Impact: Key Takeaways From Our Articles
Ongoing
Continuous updates of key takeaways from recent articles on the coronavirus impact across sectors and regions.
Credit Conditions
Ongoing
The reports look at credit, economic, financial, and sector conditions and trends for the global market as well as separate publications for the Asia-Pacific, EMEA, emerging markets, and North America regions.
Downgrade Potential
Ongoing
The report provides information on potential bond downgrades (for issuers we rate ‘AAA’ to ‘B-‘ with either negative rating outlooks or ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications). Timely and ongoing surveillance of issuers at risk of being downgraded can be valuable to investors in their sector credit-allocation process, as well as in hedging against potential capital losses arising from a downgrade.
Global Actions On Corporations, Sovereigns, International Public Finance, And Project Finance To Date
Ongoing
This article will be published on a bi-weekly basis to track the movement of total rating actions as positive rating actions (including both outlook and Creditwatch) outpace negative rating actions.
Global Credit Market Trends
Ongoing
These publications analyze cross sector rating trends and performance globally and regionally (U.S., Europe, emerging markets, and other developed markets).
Global Issuance And Financing Conditions
Ongoing
A comprehensive view on global bond issuance, financing conditions indicators, and the largest U.S., European, and emerging markets issuers.
Ratings Weekly Digest
Weekly
This publication provides key developments, economic and credit market updates, and asset class trends.
Refinancing Studies
Ongoing
The reports provide a comprehensive view of the global, U.S., and European corporate debt markets by rating category, as well as by size and structure of investment, and speculative-grade debt by sector, instrument type, and other variables with respect to debt maturing in different time horizons.
Risky Credits - ‘B- and CCC’
Monthly, since April 2020
Credit trends and potential risks affecting U.S. and Canadian 'B-' and 'CCC' rated entities.
State of Play: Corporate Debt Market
Ongoing
A comprehensive view of the global corporate debt market by rating category, as well as by size and structure of investment, and speculative-grade debt by sector, instrument type, and other variables.
The U.S. Distress Ratio
Ongoing
Updates on the U.S. distress ratio, which is defined as the proportion of speculative-grade issues with option-adjusted composite spreads of more than 1,000 basis points (bps) relative to U.S. Treasuries.
U.S. Corporate Bond Yields
Weekly
Graphical information on secondary market yields for investment-grade and speculative-grade corporate bonds.
Economic Research
Our economists are responsible for developing the macroeconomic forecasts and risk scenarios used by S&P Global Ratings' analysts during the ratings process, as well as leading key cross-sector and cross-divisional research projects.
Economic Research
Ongoing
The reports look into financial conditions, outlooks, forecasts, economic indicators, and specific topics from a global perspective as well as regional and country coverage – Asia-Pacific, EMEA, Emerging Markets, Latin America, Canada, the U.K., and the U.S.
Economic Research: U.S. Biweekly Roundup
Biweekly
Updates on the U.S. economy, including economic indicators for the labor market, consumer spending, and confidence; business activity and sentiment; housing and construction, and prices. In addition, the economic release calendar is provided.
Economic Snapshots
Ongoing
The regional reports for the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe provide economic insights, including current state of play, outlook, and risks, as well as tables and data with selected economic indicators and forecasts.
Emerging Markets Monthly Highlights
Monthly
Periodic reports that include key takeaways, economic and credit conditions highlights, macro-credit dashboards, emerging markets’ heatmaps, financial conditions highlights, and ratings summaries.
U.S. Real-Time Data
The report highlights key economic activity data and evaluates their potential relevance for risks to expansion.
Default, Transition, And Recovery Research
Default, Transition, And Recovery Research
Our ratings research is used by the world’s financial markets when they need data driven insights and analysis. Whether to help evaluate strategic portfolio positions, develop investment ideas, or identify potential gaps and opportunities, we provide top-down information on ratings transitions and anomalies, ratings performance, and default and recovery research.
Annual Default And Rating Transition Studies
Annually
The default studies provide defaults and ratings transitions by sector and region and a comprehensive view on speculative-grade defaults, including other measures of credit quality, such as issuance and rating trends.
Global Corporate Default Update
Ongoing
The report updates the global corporate defaults tally within the current year, including defaults in the financial and non-financial sectors. It provides a table listing all global defaults, as well as countries, subsectors, rating transition, and default reason.
Weakest Links
Ongoing
The report provides an update of the global weakest links, including weakest links counts by sector and region. We define weakest links as issuers rated 'B-' or lower by S&P Global Ratings with negative outlooks or ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications. These issuers default at a rate of 8x that of their broader, speculative-grade counterparts, and 50% of weakest links default in one-year, on average, during periods of credit stress.
Speculative-Grade Corporate Default
Ongoing
Report looks at the performance of the speculative-grade market in terms of current credit trends as well as default rate projections for the U.S. and Europe.
ESG Research
The number of investors who deliberately apply an ESG lens to investing is growing rapidly worldwide as more come to realize the risks of separating such issues from business fundamentals. S&P Global Ratings' ESG research, insight, and analysis help investors gain a better understanding of companies’ strategy, purpose, and management quality.
ESG Credit Indicator Report Card
Ongoing
To provide additional disclosure and transparency to the market, from Mid-November 2021, S&P Global Ratings started publishing ESG credit indicators for individual companies in the corporate and infrastructure, and insurance sectors; other asset classes will be covered during 2022. These indicators will initially be released through the ESG credit indicator report cards for the relevant sector. Subsequently, they will be incorporated and updated in S&P Global Ratings’ issuer- and issue-specific publications to complement the existing credit rating analysis and surveillance.
ESG Evaluation Key Sustainability Factors
Ongoing
Key sustainability factors identify the most material environmental and social risks assessed in S&P Global Ratings’ ESG Evaluations. Materiality of those risks are assessed across the industry’s value chain and are reflected in the weighting of environmental and social factors. In addition, the quantitative indicators used to assess a company’s performance relative to its industry peers on each of those factors are provided.
ESG In Credit Ratings Newsletter
Monthly
Delivers cross-sector, cross-region research on rating actions that have been influenced by environmental, social, and governance factors.
ESG Sustainable Finance Newsletter
Monthly
This newsletter provides key takeaways on the latest sustainable finance topics and events, summaries and updates on the latest ESG Evaluations, sustainable financing opinions, and green transaction evaluations.
The Energy Transition
Ongoing
S&P Global Ratings provides its credit insights for the energy sector by looking at different energy subsectors, events, topics, countries, and regions through various publications.